He would get lost in the stories, let his imagination run wild and feel a sense of freedom as a result.

It fuelled his desire to become an actor, but nagging self doubts would soon creep in and it took Cardiff acting coach Julie Barclay to convince Sunny he had the ability to make it.

“I never thought of actually having the ability to be an actor,” said Sunny.

“But she helped me overcome that fear and really gave me the push to pursue this.

"She saw something in me that I didn’t - it gave me that strength to chase my dream.”

Sunny did that by training in London and Los Angeles, before linking up with south-Wales-based production company CineMerse, which works across the UK and abroad.

Battling against inner demons

Following years of chasing roles and attempts at getting noticed in the industry, Sunny decided it was time to make a film of his own.

“I wrote this short film firstly out of necessity to get my acting ability showcased. I’m not a writer and have never written before," he said.

"But when I started to write about a struggling actor, I ended up talking straight from the heart."

It led the young actor to direct, produce and appear in Dreamers - where main character Cody is at a crossroads in life.

The film poster for Dreamers

After chasing his dream to become an actor, the film is set during a difficult moment where Cody feels he is getting nowhere with his career.

"He's been bottling everything in"

And Sunny has not been shy of revealing his emotions through the main character, something apparent to those that watch his engaging performance in the film.

“I’m not a confident person and haven't been most of my life," said Sunny.

"I always seem to find ways of being negative on myself and never give any recognition to anything positive that’s gone on in my life.

"I’m an emotional individual and sometimes I let things get to me, where I would just be sitting alone on my bed crying to myself, asking what am I doing.

In the film, Cody confides in his companion

“Sometimes I would just get frustrated or angry and just push people away - I think this all came from the self doubt.

"The fear of never making it is one that most actors have to fight with every day, because it's such a tough competitive industry.

“The film talks about how one man just feels alone and lost. He's been bottling everything in.

"He thinks he has lost everything on this dream and wasted his life away.

"I feel that a lot of people who chase a dream feel like that when they don't feel like they are taking steps forward."

Dreamers

But Sunny, for now at least, has overcome some of his personal struggles and has had some amazing feedback on the film.

“I’m currently in a good place right now within myself,” he said.

“For the first time in a long time I have been proud of my accomplishment.

"My main focus at the moment is to get this project onto the festival circuit and see how it does.”

Sunny is currently represented by an agency in Los Angeles and is seeking to break into the US market

He is being mentored by LA-based acting guru Margie Haber who has worked with the likes of Brad Pitt, Halle Berry, and Vince Vaughn - and perhaps Sunny could one day be an acclaimed name added to that list.